Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Community Hospitals

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Little Clacton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Therapy Assistant to join the North East Essex Community Hospitals Therapy Rehabilitation Team. You will assess, treat and complete referrals for a wide range of patients.

The post is 37.5 hours per week with a 1 in 5 weekend rota as part of our 7 day service, and you will be based at Clacton Hospital, working with Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in rehabilitation, ideally within an NHS setting.
• Foundation degree/Level 5 qualification in Healthcare/Sport and Exercise Science or equivalent.
• Ability to work weekends and as part of a 7-day service; good communication and organisation; team player.

Responsibilities

• Assess, treat and complete referrals for a wide range of patients.
• Work with Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams in Community Hospitals at Harwich and Clacton.
• Manage own workload and participate in team/service development.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisation skills

Team player

Initiative

Education

Foundation degree / Level 5 Healthcare / Sport and Exercise Science

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for you to join our North East Essex Community Hospitals Therapy Rehabilitation Team.

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Therapy assistant to work with the team to assess, treat and complete referrals for a wide variety of patients.

You will be working with the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams in our Community Hospitals, at Harwich and Clacton.

The post is 37.5 hours per week with weekends on a 1 in 5 rota as part of our 7 day service. You will be predominantly based at Clacton Hospital.

You should have experience of working in rehabilitation ideally within an NHS setting, be enthusiastic and keen to work with the Therapies team to provide an excellent service. You will need to have good communication and organisation skills, be a team worker and able to use your own initiative.

Ideally you will be educated to Foundation degree/ level 5 Qualification in Healthcare / Sport and Exercise Science or similar.

You will be supported by qualified therapists, working within a competency framework and will be given all necessary training for the job. You will manage your own workload and participate in team and service development.

You will be expected to work weekends, approximately 1 in 5, as part of our 7 day service.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mitchell Perry Job title: Specialist Physiotherapist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07833057262